Thesaurus results for LOPPING

lopping

verb

present participle of lop

as in pruning

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Like many bulbs, lilies store nutrients in their bulbs over winter, so pruning too early can reduce next year’s blooms of these perennial flowers.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2026
Unfolding through a single, intimate scene, the film brings together a group of people quietly pruning bonsai trees in unison.

— Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of pruning

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But while the wider economy has come under pressure, with inflation hovering above 4% and the government trimming its economic growth forecasts, Brazil has also been an economic beneficiary of higher oil prices as a net oil exporter.

— Chloe Taylor,Thomas Da Graca Barlow, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
The hair architect responsible for trimming Lawrence’s texture on Tuesday has not yet been revealed.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of trimming

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The sequence stylistically excises itself from the episode as though clipping it, anticipating its excision from the show when uploaded to a video-sharing platform.

— Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Decades later, a relative sent Dottie a newspaper clipping about the Foster study, which included an archival photo of her grandmother.

— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

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It has been well established that company scientists at Exxon and other fossil fuel companies accurately predicted global temperature increases and warned that sharply curtailing fossil fuels was the only way to avoid severe warming.

— Patrick Parenteau, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
India passed legislation curtailing online wagers last year, spoiling the value of gaming powerhouse Junglee after Flutter had paid $237 million to acquire 95% of the company looking to gain a foothold in the world’s most populated country.

— Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2026

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Still, paring down can declutter cupboards and lead to a smaller collection that'll actually get used.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
Oil prices fell around 2% on hopes that Saudi Arabia was moving to restore about half of crude shipments within days after they were disrupted by the stoppage of its East-West pipeline to the Red Sea, before paring losses.

— September 18, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of paring

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The photo editing tools are also limited to basic actions like cropping and rotating.

— Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
Meta released its Content Seal AI watermark recently, but Reuters found that simply cropping the images a bit would often eliminate the watermark.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026

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Executives from six major AI companies signed a one-page document pledging to monitor their models and prevent harmful uses such as hacking.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026
The outlet describes the ROU as a secretive FBI team involved in developing and using hacking tools to gain access to target devices.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

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